“Kevin De Bruyne Dealing with Up To 4 Months Out”: Pep Guardiola
Kevin De Bruyne limped off early in Metropolis’s 3-0 win over Burnley within the season opener.© AFP
Manchester Metropolis could possibly be with out Kevin De Bruyne for the remainder of the yr after supervisor Pep Guardiola mentioned on Tuesday he might require surgical procedure on a hamstring harm. De Bruyne limped off early in Metropolis’s 3-0 win over Burnley to open the Premier League season on Friday. The 32-year-old had suffered the same harm within the Champions League remaining simply over two months in the past as Metropolis beat Inter Milan to turn into European champions for the primary time.
“It is a critical harm,” mentioned Guardiola forward of the UEFA Tremendous Cup between Metropolis and Sevilla in Athens. “We’ve to resolve surgical procedure or not surgical procedure.”
He added: “Surgical procedure I believe might be three or 4 months out.”
Metropolis have already misplaced two of their most potent attacking gamers from final season as Ilkay Gundogan joined Barcelona and Riyad Mahrez departed for Saudi membership Al-Ahli.
And Guardiola mentioned De Bruyne is “irreplaceable” regardless of having the likes of Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez to name upon to deputise.
“Kevin has particular qualities. To lose it for a very long time is absolutely powerful for us.
“On the similar time we’ve got to look ahead. The talents for Kevin is irreplaceable however we’ve got gamers with completely different expertise.”
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